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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-17-001157
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170420
ITEM INFORMATION:		Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170425
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170425

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KOPIN CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000771266
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				042833935
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19882
		FILM NUMBER:		17780262

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		125 NORTH DRIVE
		CITY:			WESTBOROUGH
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01581
		BUSINESS PHONE:		508-870-5959

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		125 NORTH DRIVE
		CITY:			WESTBOROUGH
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01581
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">UNITED STATES</font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">SECURITIES
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">FORM 8-K</font>
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      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">CURRENT
      REPORT </font><br><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Pursuant
      to Section 13 or 15(d) of the</font><br><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934</font>
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Date of
      Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) April 20, 2017</font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt"></font>
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      <u><font style="font-size: 12pt">KOPIN&#160;CORPORATION</font></u><font style="font-size: 10pt"><br style="font-size: 10pt"></font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">(Exact
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            DELAWARE
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            000-19882
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            04-2833935
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            (State or Other Jurisdiction
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            (Commission
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            &#160;File Number)
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            125 North Drive, Westborough, MA 01581
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      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Registrant&#8217;s
      telephone number, including area code &#160;&#160;&#160;</font><u>(508)
      870-5959</u>
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      Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
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      of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):
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      <b>Item 3.02.&#160;&#160;Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities</b>
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    <p>
      <b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</b>On
      April 20, 2017, Kopin Corporation (&#8220;Kopin&#8221;) closed its previously
      announced sale of unregistered shares of common stock to Goertek Inc.
      (&#8220;Goertek&#8221;) resulting in $24,664,250 in gross proceeds to Kopin.&#160;&#160;The
      sale represents 10.1% of the total issued and outstanding shares of
      common stock of Kopin.&#160;&#160;The purchase price was $3.25 per share.&#160;&#160;Kopin
      relied on the exemption from registration with the Securities and
      Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;) provided under SEC Rule 506 of Regulation D.
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      <b>Item 7.01.&#160;&#160;Regulation FD Disclosure.</b>
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    <p>
      &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;On April 24, 2017, Kopin issued a press release entitled
      &#8220;Kopin Completes Strategic Agreement with Goertek - Company Received
      $24.6 Million for 10.1% Ownership.&#8221;&#160;&#160;A copy of the press release is
      attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by this
      reference. This information shall not be deemed to be &#8220;filed&#8221; for the
      purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
      amended, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any
      filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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      <b>Item 9.01.&#160;&#160;<u>Financial Statements and Exhibits</u>.</b>
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      <b>(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<u>Exhibits</u></b>.
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          &#160;
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        <td valign="top" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; width: 96%">
          Press Release dated April 24, 2017, entitled, &#8220;<b>KOPIN
          COMPLETES STRATEGIC AGREEMENT WITH GOERTEK - Company Receives $24.6
          Million for 10.1% Ownership</b>&#8221;.
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      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
      Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
      undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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            KOPIN CORPORATION
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          April 24, 2017
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            Richard A. Sneider
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            Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
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            (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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      <b>EXHIBIT INDEX</b>
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          99.1
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          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Press Release dated April 24, 2017, entitled, &#8220;<b>KOPIN
            COMPLETES STRATEGIC AGREEMENT WITH GOERTEK - Company Receives
            $24.6 Million for 10.1% Ownership</b>&#8221;.
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      <b>Exhibit 99.1</b>
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    <p style="text-align: center">
      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Kopin
      Completes Strategic Agreement with Goertek</b></font>
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    <p style="text-align: center">
      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Company
      Receives $24.6 Million for 10.1% Ownership</b></font>
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      WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2017--Kopin Corporation
      (NASDAQ:KOPN) (&#8220;Kopin&#8221;) today announced that it has closed its
      previously announced transaction with Goertek Inc. (&#8220;Goertek&#8221;),
      receiving approximately $24.6 Million dollars in gross proceeds from
      Goertek in exchange for issuing approximately 7.6 million shares of
      Kopin stock. Goertek is a leading innovative global technology company
      headquartered in&#160;Weifang China&#160;that designs and manufactures a range of
      consumer electronics products for brand customers including wearables,
      virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) headsets, and audio products.
    </p>
    <p>
      Under the terms of the stock sale agreement,&#160;Kopin&#160;sold 7,589,000 shares
      of Kopin&#8217;s common stock to&#160;Goertek&#160;for US&#160;$24,664,250&#160;($3.25&#160;per share).
      This represents approximately 10.1% of Kopin&#8217;s total outstanding shares
      of common stock. In addition, as previously
      disclosed,&#160;Kopin&#160;and&#160;Goertek&#160;have entered into agreements to jointly
      develop and commercialize a range of technologies and wearable products.
    </p>
    <p>
      &#8220;We are pleased to have Goertek as a large shareholder of Kopin since
      the interests and core capabilities of our two companies are very
      complimentary,&#8221; said Dr. John C.C. Fan, Kopin&#8217;s President and CEO. &#8220;We
      have been working closely together, leveraging Goertek&#8217;s leading product
      development and manufacturing capabilities to commercialize our
      high-performance technologies for VR, AR and audio products.&#8221;
    </p>
    <p>
      &#8220;This agreement further aligns the interests of both Goertek and Kopin,&#8221;
      said&#160;Long Jiang, Goertek&#8217;s CEO. &#8220;We will utilize Kopin&#8217;s industry
      leading technologies to create a range of wearable products with the
      most advanced features for our customers. We are excited to see the
      initial products utilizing Kopin key components hit the market later
      this year.&#8221;
    </p>
    <p>
      <b>About&#160;Goertek</b>
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    <p>
      Goertek Inc.&#160;was established in&#160;June 2001, and listed on the&#160;Shenzhen
      Stock Exchange&#160;in May, 2008. As a leading innovative high-tech company,
      Goertek&#8217;s main focuses consist of R&amp;D, production and sales of
      electro-acoustic components, optical components, and smart hardware
      system products.&#160;Goertek provides vertically integrated total solutions
      and services to globally-renowned consumer electronics
      companies.&#160;Goertek&#160;is one of the main high-end VR/AR ODM solutions
      providers in the world.
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    <p>
      Since&#160;Goertek's&#160;establishment in 2001,&#160;Goertek&#160;has high performance with
      a consistent and rapid growth rate. By the end of 2015 sales revenue had
      exceeded over&#160;13.7 billion RMB&#160;(total assets&#160;19.2 billion RMB). By
      market share,&#160;Goertek&#160;is a top ranked company in the miniature
      microphone. For more information, please visit Goertek&#8217;s website at&#160;<u>www.goertek.com</u>.
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    <p>
      <b>About&#160;Kopin</b>
    </p>
    <p>
      Kopin Corporation is a leading developer and provider of innovative
      wearable technologies and solutions for integration into head-worn
      computing and display systems to military, industrial and consumer
      customers. Kopin&#8217;s technology portfolio includes ultra-small LED and
      OLED Lightning<sup>TM</sup> displays, optics, speech enhancement
      technology, system and hands-free control software, low-power ASICs, and
      ergonomically designed smart headset reference systems. Kopin is the
      world&#8217;s leader in microdisplays. Over the years, Kopin has shipped over
      30 million LCD microdisplays for consumer applications. Kopin&#8217;s
      proprietary components and technology are protected by more than 300
      global patents and patents pending. For more information, please visit
      Kopin&#8217;s website at&#160;<u>www.kopin.com</u>.
    </p>
    <p>
      Kopin and Lightning OLED are trademarks of&#160;Kopin Corporation.
    </p>
    <p>
      <b>Forward-Looking Statements</b>
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      <i>Statements in this press release may be considered &#8220;forward-looking&#8221;
      statements under the &#8220;Safe Harbor&#8221; provisions of the Private Securities
      Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These include, without limitation,
      statements relating to our statement that Kopin and&#160;Goertek&#160;will jointly
      develop and commercialize a range of technologies and wearable products
      pursuant to agreements entered into between Kopin and Goertek; our
      expectation that our leveraging Goertek&#8217;s leading product development
      and manufacturing capabilities</i> <i>will enable us to commercialize
      our high-performance technologies for VR, AR and audio products;</i> <i>that
      Goertek will utilize Kopin&#8217;s industry leading technologies to create a
      range of wearable products with the most advanced features for Goertek&#8217;s
      customers; and our expectation that the initial products of the joint
      development utilizing Kopin key components will hit the market later
      this year.</i> <i>These statements involve a number of risks and
      uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
      those expressed in the forward-looking statements. These risks and
      uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: Kopin
      and&#160;Goertek&#160;may not develop or commercialize any technology or products;
      products may not be introduced in late 2017 or ever;&#160;Goertek&#160;may not
      incorporate Kopin&#8217;s components in the product designs it provides to its
      partners and customers; Kopin and&#160;Goertek&#160;may not develop system
      products for consumer mobile AR and VR markets; the wearable market may
      not grow fast;</i>&#160;<i>it may take longer than Kopin estimates to
      develop products; Kopin&#8217;s products</i>&#160;<i>may not be accepted
      by the market place; there may be issues that prevent the adoption or
      further development of Kopin&#8217;s wearable computing technologies;</i>&#160;<i>manufacturing,
      marketing or other issues may prevent either the adoption or acceptance
      of products; Kopin might be adversely affected by competitive products
      and pricing; new product initiatives and other research and development
      efforts may be unsuccessful; Kopin could experience the loss of
      significant customers; costs to produce Kopin&#8217;s products might increase
      significantly, or yields could</i>&#160;<i>decline; Kopin&#8217;s customers
      might be unable to ramp production volumes of their products,
      manufacturing delays, technical issues, economic conditions or external
      factors may prevent Kopin from achieving its goals; and other risk
      factors and cautionary statements listed in Kopin&#8217;s periodic reports and
      registration statements filed with the&#160;Securities and Exchange
      Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the 12 months
      ended&#160;December 31, 2016, and Kopin&#8217;s subsequent filings with
      the&#160;Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue
      reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are based only on
      information currently available to Kopin and only as of the date on
      which they are made. Kopin undertakes no obligation to update any of
      these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances
      occurring after the date of this release.</i>
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      CONTACT:<br>For Product Information:<br>Kopin Corporation<br><b>Paul
      Baker</b>, 508-870-5959<br>VP Business Development<br><u>pbaker@kopin.com</u><br>or<br>Kopin
      (HK) Limited<br><b>Kenny Cheung</b>, 852-2607-4151<br><u>Kenny_cheung@kopin.com.hk</u><br>or<br>For
      Investor Relations<br>Kopin Corporation<br><b>Richard Sneider</b>,<b>&#160;</b>508-870-5959<br>Treasurer
      and Chief Financial Officer<br><u>rsneider@kopin.com</u><br>or<br>Market
      Street Partners<br><b>Joann Horne</b>,<b>&#160;</b>415-445-3233<br><u>JHorne@marketstreetpartners.com</u>
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